Combined bale-band bender



(No Model.)

B. GAMBRELL.

COMBINED BALE BAND BENDER, NAIL EXTRAGTOR. 820.

No. 600,244. Patented June 10. 1884.

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GUNTOlVN, MISSISSIPPI.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed April 524, 1884.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT GAirnnnLL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Guntown, in the county of Lee and State of Mississippi, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Bale-BandBender, Nail-Extractor, &c., of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings My inventionrelates to improvements in cotton-tie benders and combination-tools, andobjectively provides a convenient tool for bending cotton-bale ties, andalso as a combinationtool it will draw nails, whether they have heads ornot. It serves as a bale-hook, and may also be used as a hand-vise andas pinchers. It is designed to catch the ties as soon as they passthrough the slots in the follower-block of the baliug press and toassist in pulling it through, and a slight turn of the hand will easilybend the tie to its proper shape. This relieves the hands ofconsiderable rough work, the ragged edges of the tie often being sharpenough to cut through the skin. r

The accompanying drawing represents a perspective of the bale tie andcombinationtool.

A represents the handles of the device, which are turned outward at theends to facilitate holding the same, and have between them theseparating-spring B. The handles are coir vice, and are secured one tothe other by a crossjoint, like those usually used in pinchers andsimilar tools. The fhead of each half of the tool is formed of a flatlateral extension, C, in general form that of an ordinary hammer-head.One end is rectangular in form, as shown at D, and somewhat longer thanthe other end, E, which has its end curved or rounded, as shown, and itsunder side recessed triangularly, as shown at F. The longer end of thedevice is adapted to receive the baletie and to hold and bend it inshape, as will be readily seen, and the other or curved end is adaptedto he used as a bale-hook. Each part of the head is provided on itsinner side with a series of longitudinal serrations, G, for the purposeof more securely holding anything that may be placed between them. Theend of the longer part of the head on the inner Patent No. 300,244,dated June 10, 1884.

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side is free from the serrations, and has each a groove, H, parallelwith the end of the same, and serves the purpose of a hand-vise. In thebale-hook, on the inner side,are slots or grooves I, extending part ofthe way across the same, and adapted to receive the head of a nail thatis to be drawn, so that the serrated surfaces may engage with the saidnail. Any part of the device may be used as pinchers. The combination issuch that the essential parts of several very necessary tools incotton-baling are put in a convenient and simple form.

Having described the device, what I claim is l. A bale-tie benderconsisting of a pair of tongs or pincher handles provided with a flatextended head adapted to grasp ties and to be manipulated to bend thesame, as and for the purpose specified.

2. In combination with the tie-bender, the curved back extensionconstructed to form a bale-hook, as specified.

b. In combination with the bale-tie bender, the rear extension of thehead, having a triangular recess adapted to operate as a balehoolc, asspecified,

4. In combination with the bale-tie bender, the rear extension forming abale-hook, and provided with transverse slots, adaptihg the device to beused in drawing nails, as specified.

5. The combination, with thehale-tie bender, of the transverse grooves,adapting it to be used as a liandvise, as specified.

h. The combination, with the tie-bender, oi the extended head and theserrations on the inner side of the parts of the said head, adapting thedevice to be used as a pinchers, as speci fied.

7. The combinatioutool consisting of a haletie bender, a halehoolr, anail-extractor, a hand-vise, and a pinchers, all arranged in the manerand operating as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT GAMBRELL.

\Vitnesses:

S. XV. SMITH, HOWARD Acvnw.

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